Yule Juniper Smudge Stick with Orange Peel Stars & Ash Wood Stick Celebrate Yule with these smudge sticks made of Juniper or Cedar wrapped in small dried orange peel stars. Yule (from Old English: géol or géola) is a celebration from pre-Christian Northern Europe. Germanic pagans celebrated the yule from late December to the first days of January, spanning the Winter Solstice. It was the first seasonal festival celebrated by the Neolithic tribes of northern Europe, and is to this day conside